 Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, or ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit...  Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth - Page 11by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...appearance, for whicb «a muoh-',s, risked, so much is suffereit*-4fr-«nTtTfot promote health, nor * @ * Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse, Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. And again, 'pride... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - American prose literature - 1886 - 456 pages
...breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.' And after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person; it creates envy, it hastens misfortune.... | |
 | W & R CHAMBERS - 1887 - 238 pages
...breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy." And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked,...What is a butterfly ? At best He's but a caterpillar clrest; The gaudy fop's his picture just," as poor Richard says. ' But what madness must it be to run... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - Authors, American - 1887 - 324 pages
...breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy. And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy ; it hastens misfortune.... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - Biography & Autobiography - 1887 - 316 pages
...pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy ; it hastens misfortune. " But what madness must it be to run in debt for these superfluities ? We are offered by... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy. And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune.... | |
 | Brahma-samaj - 1889 - 854 pages
...breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and sapped with infamy. And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy ; it hastens misfortune.... | |
 | John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - American literature - 1891 - 508 pages
...or ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune. What is a butterfly ? At best He's but a caterpillar drest, The gaudy fop's his picture just. as Poor Richard says. But what madness must it be to run into debt for these superfluities... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 518 pages
...breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote health nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune.... | |
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